Past Programs
| What: | A Luncheon with U.S. Rep. Howard Coble Ranking Member of the Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee |
| When: | Thursday, July 10, 2008, from 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
| Where: | Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2226 |
| What: | A Luncheon with The Honorable Terrance W. Gainer Sergeant at Arms of the United States |
| When: | Friday, June 13, 2008, from 12:30 - 2:00 PM |
| Where: | Mansfield Room, United States Capitol (enter the Capitol through the North Door on the Senate side) |
| What: | A Catered Luncheon with Justice Samual A. Alito, Jr. Supreme Court of the United States |
| When: | Tuesday, May 6, 2008, from 12:00 - 1:30 PM (recommend arrival by 11:45 a.m. due to security) |
| Where: | West Conference Room, Supreme Court of the United States. Enter through either the Maryland Avenue or 1st Street entrances. |
| What: | A Luncheon with Tony Mauro Correspondent for Legal Times and American Lawyer Media |
| When: | Friday, April 18, 2008 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Where: | RHOB B369 |
| What: | Capitol Hill Chapter Luncheon, featuring Robert S. Bennett, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Meagher, Slate & From |
| When: | Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Where: | Library of Congress, Madison Building, 6th Floor, Dining Room C in the Montpelier Room |
| What: | FBA Capitol Hill and District of Columbia Chapters for a Midwinter Happy Hour! |
| When: | Thursday, February 21, 5:30 - 7:30 PM (during Congressional recess) |
| Where: | Capitol City Brewing Company, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE (next to Union Station) |
| What: | A Luncheon with Thomas C. Goldstein Founder of Scotusblog and Co-Head of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's Supreme Court Practice |
| When: | Tuesday, January 29, 2008; noon - 1:30 PM |
| Where: | Judicial Conference Center, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judicial Building (next to Union Station) |
| What: | A luncheon with Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research |
| When: | December 5, 2007 |
| Where: | Library of Congress, Madison Building, LM-139 |
| What: | A luncheon with Hon. Thomas B. Griffith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| When: | November 15, 2007 |
| Where: | Library of Congress, Madison Building, Montpelier Dining Room |
| What: | A luncheon with Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master, September 11th Compensation Fund; Administrator, Virginia Tech Memorial Fund |
| When: | October 4, 2007 |
| Where: | Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, Mecham Conference Center |
| What: | A luncheon with Jan Crawford Greenburg, ABC News Legal Correspondent and author of Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| When: | July 20, 2007 |
| Where: | Library of Congress, Madison Building, Montpelier Dining Room |
| What: | A luncheon with David Stewart, Constitutional lawyer and author of The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented The Constitution |
| When: | June 12, 2007 |
| Where: | Library of Congress, Madison Building, Montpelier Dining Room |
| What: | Lawyers have Heart 10K and 3K Fun Walk--the Capitol Hill Chapter, the DC Chapter, and the Pentagon Chapter organized an FBA D.C. Circuit team to participate in this annual fund raising event for the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association |
| When: | June 9, 2007 |
| Where: | Washington Harbor at Georgetown |
| What: | Annual Supreme Court Luncheon, with Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr. |
| When: | May 22, 2007 |
| Where: | U.S. Supreme Court, West Conference Room |
| What: | Happy Hour sponsored by the Capitol Hill Chapter, the Pentagon Chapter, and the D.C. Chapter |
| When: | May 17, 2007 |
| Where: | La Tasca Tapas Bar, Penn Quarter, Washington |
| What: | A luncheon with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin |
| When: | April 18, 2007 |
| Where: | U.S. Capitol Building, Room SC-6 |
| What: | A luncheon with James C. Duff, Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts |
| When: | March 22, 2007 |
| Where: | Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building |
| What: | Chapter Tour of the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center construction site |
| When: | February 21, 2007 |
| Where: | U.S. Capitol Building |
| What: | A luncheon with Joan Winship, Executive Director, and Anne Goldstein, Human Rights Education Director, International Association of Women Judges |
| When: | January 18, 2007 |
| Where: | Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building |
| What: | A luncheon with Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol |
| When: | December 26, 2006 |
| Where: | Montpelier Dining Room, Madison Building of Library of Congress |
| What: | "How Capitol Hill Really Works: The Legislative Drafting Process" - a Capitol Hill Chapter-sponsored informal dinner and educational event, featuring author and Chapter Council member Toby Dorsey |
| When: | September 28, 2006 |
| Where: | American University Law School |
| What: | A Luncheon with Former Senator John Breaux |
| When: | Thursday, September 14, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Montpelier Dining Room, LM-619, in the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, located at 1st Street and Independence Avenue, SE, near the Capitol South Metro stop on the blue and orange lines. |
| What: | A tour of the map collection of the library of congress by the chied of the geography and map division Dr. John Hebert |
| When: | Tuesday, August 8, 2006, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. |
| Where: | Geography and Map Reading Room in the basement of the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, located at 1st Street and Independence Avenue, SE, near the Capitol South Metro stop on the blue and orange lines. |
| What: | A Luncheon with Nina Totenberg |
| When: | Thursday, July 27, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | LM-139 in the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, located at 1st Street and Independence Avenue, SE, near the Capitol South Metro stop on the blue and orange lines. |
| What: | A Luncheon with DANIEL P. MULHOLLAN, The Director of the Congressional Research Service |
| When: | Monday, June 19, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | LM-139 in the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, located at 1st Street and Independence Avenue, SE, near the Capitol South Metro stop on the blue and orange lines. |
| What: | Lawyers Have Heart 10K and 3K Fun Walk |
| When: | Saturday, June 10, 2006 10K Run begins at 8 a.m., Fun Walk begins at 8:05 a.m. |
| Where: | Washington Harbour at Georgetown 3000 K Street, NW Washington, DC |
| What: | Happy Hour, Co-sponsored by the Capitol Hill, Pentagon and District of Columbia Chapters of the Federal Bar Association |
| When: | Thursday, June 8, 2006, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar, 223 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., second floor |
| What: | A Luncheon with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
| When: | Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. (recommend arrival by 11:45 a.m. due to security) |
| Where: | West Conference Room, Supreme Court of the United States. Enter through either the Maryland Avenue or 1st Street entrances. |
| What: | A luncheon jointly sponsored by the Capitol Hill Chapter and the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Section of the FBA with Lois Schiffer, General Counsel to the National Capitol Planning Commission |
| When: | Tuesday, May 2, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Leonidas Ralph Mecham Conference Center , Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, located at 1st Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NE, near the Union Station Metro stop on the red line. |
| What: | A luncheon with Benjamin Ferencz, The U.S. and the International Criminal Court: TheTrue Story |
| When: | Thursday, March 30, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | LM-139 in the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, located at 1st Street and Independence Avenue, SE, near the Capitol South Metro stop on the blue and orange lines. |
| What: | A Luncheon with Judge Royce Lamberth, United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
| When: | Friday, March 10, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Training rooms, concourse level, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, located at 1st Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NE, near the Union Station Metro stop on the red line. |
| What: | A Luncheon with Robin M. Maher, Director of the American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project |
| When: | Wednesday, January 25, 2006, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Judicial Conference Center (east side), Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, located at 1st Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NE, near the Union Station Metro stop on the red line. |
| What: | A Luncheon with Joan Biskupic, Author of "Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice" |
| When: | Wednesday, December 14, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Judicial Conference Center (east side), Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, located at 1st Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NE, near the Union Station Metro stop on the red line. |
| What: | A luncheon with Bert Brandenburg Executive Director of the Justice at Stake Campaign |
| When: | Monday, November 14, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | LM 139 (to the left after entering the main entrance), in the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, located at 1st Street and Independence Avenue, SE, near the Capitol South Metro stop on the blue and orange lines. |
| What: | Annual Meeting, with Remarks by Paul Clement, the Solicitor General of the United States |
| When: | Thursday, September 15, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Montpelier Dining Room, LM-619, in the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, located at 1st Street and Independence Avenue, SE, near the Capitol South Metro stop on the blue and orange lines. |
| What: | Luncheon with the Honorable David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States |
| When: | Tuesday, June 21, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | The Mumford Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 6th Floor Southwest corner of First Street and Independence Avenue, SE (A short stroll from Capitol South or Union Station metro stations) |
| What: | Supreme Court Luncheon, featuring Justice Thomas |
| When: | Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | West Conference Room, Supreme Court of the United States. One First Street, N.E., Washington, DC (Enter through either the Maryland Avenue or 1st Street entrances; recommend arrival by 11:45 am due to security) |
| What: | Luncheon with Director Leonidas Ralph Mecham, Administrative Office of the United States Courts |
| When: | Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building One Columbus Circle, N.E. (adjacent to Union Station) Judicial Conference Center, First Floor |
| What: | Young Lawyers Division 1st Annual "Meet and Greet" featuring free appetizers and happy prices on drinks. |
| When: | Thursday, April 14, 2005, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
| Where: | The Mayan Room at Tortilla Coast on Capital Hill, 400 1st Street, SE. Southeast corner of First Street and D Street, SE (Across the street from Capitol South metro station) |
| What: | Luncheon with Glenn Cowan, Principal, Democracy International, Inc. |
| When: | Monday, March 14, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building One Columbus Circle, N.E. (adjacent to Union Station) Concourse Level |
| What: | Luncheon with THE HONORABLE DENNIS DECONCINI UNITED STATES SENATOR (RETIRED) |
| When: | Wednesday, December 8, 2004, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Room SC-6, United States Capitol. Use the North Entrance to the Capitol at Constitution Ave. and New Jersey Ave., NW (near the Union Station metro station) |